The Book of Old-Fashioned Flowers by Harry Roberts
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"The Book of Old-Fashioned Flowers" by Harry Roberts is a gardening handbook written in the early 20th century. This guide aims to teach horticulturists, particularly novices, the principles of successfully cultivating hardy, traditional flowering plants that flourish outdoors in England. With a focus on old-fashioned varieties, the book evokes nostalgia for the beloved blooms often found in charming cottage gardens and vicarage settings. The opening of the book sets the tone by
acknowledging the importance of practical experience in gardening while asserting that intelligent readers can benefit greatly from well-written guides. Roberts emphasizes the appeal of informal gardens filled with a mix of flourishing, old-fashioned flowers, contrasting them with the rigid and artificial designs often seen in more formal gardens. He introduces the notion that true beauty in gardening comes not just from a careful arrangement of plants, but from the harmonious growing of flowers that feel naturally at home in their environment, each contributing to a sense of peace and relaxation in one’s garden space. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Roberts, Harry, 1871-1946 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Roskruge, Ethel |
| Title |
The Book of Old-Fashioned Flowers And Other Plants Which Thrive in the Open-Air of England |
| Series Title | Handbooks of practical gardening, 4 |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Louise Pryor, Petra A, David Garcia, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (books.google.com) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | SB: Agriculture: Plant culture |
| Subject | Flower gardening -- England |
| Subject | Gardening -- England |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 48740 |
| Release Date | Apr 18, 2015 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 549 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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